Daily COVID cases in Khordha crosses 100-mark as Odisha reports 588 new infections

Bhubaneswar: As many as 588 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in Odisha during the last 24 hours as the tally in the state mounted to 343856, official sources said today.

Out of the 588 cases, 342 were detected in quarantine while 246 are local contact ones. A total of 25005 samples were tested in Odisha, yesterday.

Highest number of cases were reported in Khordha as 105 fresh infections were detected in the district.

Below are district-wise figures of the new COVID-19 cases:

1. Angul: 5
2. Balasore: 13
3. Bargarh: 21
4. Bhadrak: 9
5. Balangir: 11
6. Cuttack: 30
7. Deogarh: 4
8. Dhenkanal: 6
9. Gajapati: 1
10. Ganjam: 27
11. Jagatsinghpur: 3
12. Jajpur: 15
13. Jharsuguda: 31
14. Kalahandi: 64
15. Kandhamal: 3
16. Keonjhar: 2
17. Khordha: 105
18. Koraput: 9
19. Mayurbhanj: 9
20. Nabarangpur: 8
21. Nayagarh: 7
22. Nuapada: 29
23. Puri: 24
24. Rayagada: 6
25. Sambalpur: 28
26. Sonepur: 11
27. Sundargarh: 84
28. State Pool: 23

Total: 588

With this, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the state surged to 3731.